"Protest planned at scheduled execution," is the AP report, via KRMG-AM/FM.
A group seeking to abolish the death penalty in Oklahoma plans a demonstration outside the governor's mansion to protest the scheduled execution of a 48-year-old man.
The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and other opponents of capital punishment will meet Tuesday afternoon for a demonstration followed by a silent vigil at 6 p.m., when the execution is set to begin.
Johnny Dale Black is scheduled to die for the 1998 stabbing death of Bill Pogue, a prominent southern Oklahoma horse trainer.
To date there have been 38 executions in American death penalty states this year; a total of 1,358 post-Furman executions since 1977.
Oklahoma has executed five men this year; a total of 107 post-Furman executions since 1990.
Also from Oklahoma and Associated Press, "Panel rejects clemency for Oklahoma inmate," It's via the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has rejected clemency for a death row inmate scheduled to be executed next month.
The board voted 4-1 Monday against commuting the death sentence of 28-year-old Michael Lee Wilson, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the beating death of a Tulsa convenience store manager. Wilson's execution is set for Jan. 9.
And:
During Monday's hearing, Wilson apologized to the victim's family and asked for "another chance at life."Two co-defendants have been executed for the crime.
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